TARGET: TRAFICANT

The outrageous
never-before-told inside story of how the Justice Department, Israel lobby and
mass media conspired to set up and take down Ohio’s outspoken Congressman Jim
Traficant . . .

. . . From the pen of AMERICAN
FREE PRESS correspondent Michael Collins Piper—the only journalist Jim
Traficant agreed to speak to from prison after being convicted on trumped-up
corruption charges. Traficant wouldn’t even speak to The
New York Times!

In Target: TRAFICANT,
veteran author Piper—whom Jim Traficant has said was the only journalist to
tell his story truthfully and correctly from the beginning—has assembled this
eye-opening and disturbing overview of the campaign by high-level forces to set
up and take down the no-nonsense populist congressman.

If you have ever had any doubts
about Traficant’s integrity—doubts instilled by a long-standing media cacophony
attacking Traficant—you’ll soon realize that the Traficant case represents one
of the most outrageous and thoroughly illegal hit-and-run operations ever
orchestrated in our “democracy.” It is perhaps all too representative of the
high-level corruption for which the “Justice” Department has been found
responsible time and time again.

Piper dissects the intrigues of
the DoJ and the FBI (as well as the maneuvers by the federal judge who oversaw
the Traficant trial) and demonstrates, beyond any doubt, that Traficant was
absolutely innocent of all of the charges on which he was convicted . . .

Softcover, 163 pages

Introduction

The “Crimes” of Jim Traficant

Although
there are probably dozens of members of Congress who could be indicted
and convicted for major criminal offenses involving high-stakes bribery
and influence peddling that is often quite open and never prosecuted,
the Justice Department spent many years coming up with a handful of
dubious charges against Rep. Jim Traficant.

Ask anyone who knows
how it works in official Washington and they'll privately admit that the
real reason Traficant was indicted on criminal charges was simply the
fact that "the powers that be" didn't like Traficant: he was just too
honest and too outspoken.

Right up front, let's lay it out. Here
are some of Traficant's real "crimes" in the eyes of the elite who
railroaded Jim Traficant into federal prison in 2002.

• Criticizing the IRS and calling for expanded protections for the rights of taxpayers under fire from IRS;

•
Taking a hard-line stand against NAFTA, the World Trade Organization,
and so-called "free" trade and urging protectionist measures to preserve
American jobs and defend domestic industry from predatory global
speculators;

• Tackling not only corruption inside the FBI and
the Justice Department, but also personally assailing the integrity of
former Attorney General Janet Reno;

• Attacking Wall Street
wheeling and dealing and raising questions about the enrichment of
high-level financial interests through the lending practices of the
World Bank and the International Monetary Fund;

• Accusing
then-Vice President Al Gore of “trying to steal the election” in the
midst of the long-and-drawn-out post-election debacle in 2000;

•
Calling for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from trouble-spots around
the globe and questioning constant U.S. meddling in the affairs of other
nations;

• Charging American policy-makers with treason for
having given top-secret U.S. defense and nuclear technology to the
butchers in Peking;

• Coming to the defense of Ukraine-born
Cleveland autoworker John Demjanjuk who was falsely charged by the
Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Justice Department's Office of
Special Investigations of being a “Nazi war criminal,”—only to be
cleared, ironically, by an Israeli court. (Ultimately, with
Traficant sidelined in his own federal trial, they went after Demjanjuk
again on "new" charges and restarted the process of seeking to deport
the beleaguered old man.)

• Demanding that U.S. troops be sent to guard the Mexican border and prevent continuing hordes of illegal aliens—and potential terrorists—from entering into the United States; and—last but very far from least:

• Challenging one-sided U.S. aid and support for Israel, saying that the biased policy was to the detriment of America’s security and Middle East interests.

Traficant
was the only member of Congress—the day after the Sept. 11 tragedy—to
point out that U.S. support for Israel and open borders were root
problems leading to the tragedy.

While Traficant enunciated
these truths, other members of Congress squirmed uneasily, sitting in
silence, as Traficant spoke out—even in the face of his impending
trial—never one to be cowed.

On the floor of the House just before they voted to expel him, Rep.
James Traficant took time out from his defense to express his views on
the IRS.

He was railroaded out of the government because he was
too outspoken, especially about the Chinese money donated to the
Democratic Party and how Janet Reno would not investigate it.

Ohio
Democrat Jim Traficant's congressional career is remembered for two
reasons. First, he had an unusually blunt speaking style that was not
always welcome on the House floor. Second, he was expelled by his
colleagues from his position following an investigation by the House
ethics committee. This book by Michael Collins Piper suggests that
Traficant was ousted for stepping on the wrong feet. There is also a
bonus section on R. Budd Dwyer, the infamous Pennsylvania state
Treasurer who committed suicide on live television.

Before I
begin, I will admit that I am a fan of Traficant although I disagree
with some of his positions including the national sales tax (he is
correct about the IRS however). I would have voted for him if I lived
in his district.

The best parts of the book are those where we
hear directly from Traficant himself, such as his famous speeches and
criticisms of the federal government. Of course much of this
information is publicly available, but this book includes excerpts from
an old interview and some clarification on various political positions.
There is even a speech by Dr. Ron Paul stating that while he believes
that Traficant is guilty of some unethical behavior, he was not given a
fair trial. Only Gary Condit voted against Traficant's expulsion, but a
handful of other representatives did abstain from voting on HR 495,
including David Bonior, Harold Ford, Dennis Hastert, John Hostettler and
Dr. Paul.

It is clear that Traficant and the Justice Department
had bad blood for years and that many of the charges against him were
either exaggerated or tacked onto minor offenses to make the colorful
congressman seem like a real menace. Mr. Traficant himself pointed out
that congress didn't vote to expel the two representatives in the 1983
congressional page sex scandal (they were censured) and that was a much
worse crime than what he was accused of.

Michael Collins Piper
does a decent job dissecting the various charges against Traficant and
describing how Judge Lesley Wells and the House ethics committee never
let his side be heard, but he does not really prove his central thesis
which is that the central force behind Jim's removal was a "pro-Israel
clique" (page 20). Piper believes that Traficant's defense of John
Demjanjuk's right to a fair trial is what really got him in hot water.
Piper accuses Michael Chertoff (Assistant Attourney General at the time)
of Traficant's "political assassination" which is why he appears on the
book's cover. Anybody who is familiar with the author knows what he's
getting at, but I personally disagree with this conclusion. Traficant
was not against sending aid to Israel, he was only against sending
foreign aid in general when there was a budget deficit. He also said
that he would kill Demjanjuk himself if he were found to be guilty.
Both of these statements appear on page 78 of this book. Mr. Traficant
is not the "anti-Zionist" that Piper wants him to be, but he did
represent an often politically incorrect voice in the legislative
branch. This probably made it much easier to expel him than a typical
politician who doesn't want to rock the boat.

I have a hard time
deciding what rating to give this book. It has some good information as
well as some rote editorializing. It is also the only book published
about James Traficant that I know of. Check it out if you're curious
about the Traficant case, but watch out for the $25 cover price!

Who is Michael Collins Piper?

A statement from Ryu Ohta, Chairman of the Tokyo, Japan-based Society for the Critique of Contemporary Civilization

In a time of tsunamic ideological shifts, in which audacious
propagandists are relentlessly engaged in frenzied efforts to rewrite
the facts of history, to challenge these truth-twisters Michael Collins
Piper arrives: the American Voltaire, an enlightened thinker and
polemicist who has no fear of confronting harsh realities, doing so with
elegance and verve.

In recent years Piper has emerged as
the unrivaled ambassador of the American nationalist movement to peoples
all across the planet: from Moscow to Abu Dhabi to Kuala Lumpur and on
to Tokyo and Toronto and Tehran.

In no uncertain terms, he
has issued a clarion call—a rallying cry—for all of us to join together,
to reclaim our heritage and to sweep away the corruption of
international capital and the consequent malign force that’s come in its
wake, driving our world to the brink of nuclear annihilation.

Piper’s message is loud and clear: Real Americans do not support the
Zionist scheme to exploit America’s military might to conquer the globe;
that good people who oppose the Zionist Imperium must put aside
differences and close ranks, united for the final battle.

Passionate, making no pretense of being without bias, Piper identifies
and savages those who manifest attitudes of open hatred for nationalism
and freedom.

Having fashioned historical writing into an
art form, Piper has few peers. Nor are there many who speak truth to
power as Piper does so well.

Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the
Simon Wiesenthal Center has said that, because Piper criticizes Israel,
he is “anti-American.” In fact, Piper’s work proves precisely how
pro-American he is.

False

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